Saving lives!
In cooperation with UMS, the Aaknes/Tafjord project tested telephone alert to all inhabitants within the danger zone for a tsunami caused by an avalanche from Aakneset and Heggurdaksla in Tafjord.
The Aaknes/Tafjord project is an inter-municipal project started to handle geo professional explorations, surveillance and actions of preparedness related to large unstable massifs at Aaknes and Heggurdsaksla in Tafjord.
Sooner or later a large massif will loosen and slide into the fjord - and at this make a tsunami with a wave height up to 40 metres! In the event of a tsunami, the wave will reach the closest communities within minutes and an immediate alert will be vital to save lives.
The UMS solution has the capacity, stability and dialog to be able to alert and inform about evacuating the population. In collaboration with advanced geological measurements and other alert systems (sirens) the solution will give increased security for the inhabitants in the area.
The test was extremely successful and was mentioned on national and local TV. Continuous tests are planned autumn 2006.
In cooperation with UMS, the Aaknes/Tafjord project tested telephone alert to all inhabitants within the danger zone for a tsunami caused by an avalanche from Aakneset and Heggurdaksla in Tafjord.
The Aaknes/Tafjord project is an inter-municipal project started to handle geo professional explorations, surveillance and actions of preparedness related to large unstable massifs at Aaknes and Heggurdsaksla in Tafjord.
Sooner or later a large massif will loosen and slide into the fjord - and at this make a tsunami with a wave height up to 40 metres! In the event of a tsunami, the wave will reach the closest communities within minutes and an immediate alert will be vital to save lives.
The UMS solution has the capacity, stability and dialog to be able to alert and inform about evacuating the population. In collaboration with advanced geological measurements and other alert systems (sirens) the solution will give increased security for the inhabitants in the area.
The test was extremely successful and was mentioned on national and local TV. Continuous tests are planned autumn 2006.
